Dr. Andreas Kolch is a member of the O2 Technology Assessment Group and former Chief Technology Officer with Wedeco (ITT -Wedeco), a global provider of UV and Ozone water treatments systems. Andreas was involved with the development and commercialization of a wide range of different water treatment technologies within Wedeco, acted as representative for the company with the investment community in relation to all technical aspects and questions and supported the acquisition process for acquiring and /or selling water technologies. Following on from his role at Wedeco, Andreas established Hytecon Consulting to continue his work in supporting technology development and investment and M&A activity in the water sector.
Andreas provides support for in-house research and development activities, technical due diligence studies for venture capital investment and merger and acquisition projects, strategy and portfolio advice for large companies, process implementation and market analysis studies.
In addition to his technical and scientific qualification, he is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt (University of Michigan) and employs a wide variety of management processes and tools, e.g. Stage Gate, Voice of the Customer, Financial Planning and Balanced Score Cards (Cooper, NIMBA, Boston Consulting, Ashridge College). Andreas was the President of the International Ultraviolet Association from 2005-2007 and was a member of various international working groups establishing standards for UV water treatment technologies (DVGW, OENORM, UVDGM, NWRF)
